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Saturday, March 16, 2013

The Seventeenth Dáil

This is a list of the members who were elected to the 17th Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland. These TDs (Members of Parliament) were elected at the 1961 general election on 4 October 1961 and met on 11 October 1961. The 17th Dáil was dissolved by President Éamon de Valera, at the request of the Taoiseach Seán Lemass on 18 March 1965. The 17th Dáil lasted 1,281 days.

The list of the 144 TDs elected, is given in alphabetical order by constituency.

Members of the 17th Dáil

Constituency

Name

Party

Carlow–Kilkenny

Patrick Crotty

Fine Gael

Jim Gibbons

Fianna Fáil

Desmond Governey

Fine Gael

Martin Medlar

Fianna Fáil

Séamus Pattison

Labour Party

Cavan

Séamus Dolan

Fianna Fáil

Patrick O'Reilly

Fine Gael

Paddy Smith

Fianna Fáil

Clare

Patrick Hogan

Ceann Comhairle

Patrick Hillery

Fianna Fáil

William Murphy

Fine Gael

Seán Ó Ceallaigh

Fianna Fáil

Cork Borough

Stephen Barrett

Fine Gael

Anthony Barry

Fine Gael

Seán Casey

Labour Party

John Galvin

Fianna Fáil

Jack Lynch

Fianna Fáil

Cork Mid

Dan Desmond

Labour Party

Seán McCarthy

Fianna Fáil

Con Meaney

Fianna Fáil

Denis O'Sullivan

Fine Gael

Cork North–East

Richard Barry

Fine Gael

Philip Burton

Fine Gael

Martin Corry

Fianna Fáil

Patrick McAuliffe

Labour Party

John Moher

Fianna Fáil

Cork South–West

Seán Collins

Fine Gael

Edward Cotter

Fianna Fáil

Michael Murphy

Labour Party

Donegal North–East

Neil Blaney

Fianna Fáil

Liam Cunningham

Fianna Fáil

Paddy Harte

Fine Gael

Donegal South–West

Joseph Brennan

Fianna Fáil

Cormac Breslin

Fianna Fáil

Patrick O'Donnell

Fine Gael

Dublin County

Kevin Boland

Fianna Fáil

Patrick Burke

Fianna Fáil

Mark Clinton

Fine Gael

Seán Dunne

Independent

Éamon Rooney

Fine Gael

Dublin North–Central

Vivion de Valera

Fianna Fáil

Celia Lynch

Fianna Fáil

Patrick McGilligan

Fine Gael

Frank Sherwin

Independent

Dublin North–East

Jack Belton

Fine Gael

Patrick Byrne

Fine Gael

George Colley

Fianna Fáil

Charles Haughey

Fianna Fáil

Eugene Timmons

Fianna Fáil

Dublin North–West

Declan Costello

Fine Gael

Richard Gogan

Fianna Fáil

Michael Mullen

Labour Party

Dublin South–Central

Joseph Barron

Clann na Poblachta

Philip Brady

Fianna Fáil

Patrick Cummins

Fianna Fáil

Maurice E. Dockrell

Fine Gael

Seán Lemass

Fianna Fáil

Dublin South–East

Noël Browne

National Progressive Democrats

John A. Costello

Fine Gael

Seán MacEntee

Fianna Fáil

Dublin South–West

Robert Briscoe

Fianna Fáil

James Carroll

Independent

Noel Lemass, Jnr

Fianna Fáil

James O'Keeffe

Fine Gael

Richie Ryan

Fine Gael

Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown

Seán Brady

Fianna Fáil

Lionel Booth

Fianna Fáil

Liam Cosgrave

Fine Gael

H. Percy Dockrell

Fine Gael

Galway East

Michael Carty

Fianna Fáil

Michael Donnellan

Clann na Talmhan

Brigid Hogan-O'Higgins

Fine Gael

Michael F. Kitt

Fianna Fáil

Anthony Millar

Fianna Fáil

Galway West

Gerald Bartley

Fianna Fáil

Fintan Coogan

Fine Gael

Johnny Geoghegan

Fianna Fáil

Kerry North

Patrick Finucane

Independent

Tom McEllistrim

Fianna Fáil

Dan Spring

Labour Party

Kerry South

Patrick Connor

Fine Gael

Honor Crowley

Fianna Fáil

Timothy O'Connor

Fianna Fáil

Kildare

Brendan Crinion

Fianna Fáil

Patrick Dooley

Fianna Fáil

William Norton

Labour Party

Gerard Sweetman

Fine Gael

Laois–Offaly

Kieran Egan

Fianna Fáil

Nicholas Egan

Fianna Fáil

Oliver J. Flanagan

Fine Gael

Patrick Lalor

Fianna Fáil

Tom O'Higgins

Fine Gael

Limerick East

Paddy Clohessy

Fianna Fáil

Stephen Coughlan

Labour Party

Tom O'Donnell

Fine Gael

Donogh O'Malley

Fianna Fáil

Limerick West

James Collins

Fianna Fáil

Denis Jones

Fine Gael

Donnchadh Ó Briain

Fianna Fáil

Longford–Westmeath

Frank Carter

Fianna Fáil

Michael Kennedy

Fianna Fáil

Seán Mac Eoin

Fine Gael

Joseph Sheridan

Independent

Louth

Frank Aiken

Fianna Fáil

Paddy Donegan

Fine Gael

Pádraig Faulkner

Fianna Fáil

Mayo North

Michael Browne

Fine Gael

Phelim Calleary

Fianna Fáil

Joseph Lenehan

Independent

Mayo South

Joseph Blowick

Clann na Talmhan

Seán Flanagan

Fianna Fáil

Henry Kenny

Fine Gael

Micheál Ó Móráin

Fianna Fáil

Meath

Denis Farrelly

Fine Gael

Michael Hilliard

Fianna Fáil

James Tully

Labour Party

Monaghan

Erskine H. Childers

Fianna Fáil

James Dillon

Fine Gael

Patrick Mooney

Fianna Fáil

Roscommon

James Burke

Fine Gael

Brian Lenihan

Fianna Fáil

Jack McQuillan

National Progressive Democrats

Patrick J. Reynolds

Fine Gael

Sligo–Leitrim

James Gallagher

Fianna Fáil

Eugene Gilbride

Fianna Fáil

Eugene Gilhawley

Fine Gael

Joseph McLoughlin

Fine Gael

Tipperary North

Thomas Dunne

Fine Gael

John Fanning

Fianna Fáil

Patrick Tierney

Labour Party

Tipperary South

Dan Breen

Fianna Fáil

Michael Davern

Fianna Fáil

Patrick Hogan

Fine Gael

Seán Treacy

Labour Party

Waterford

Thomas Kyne

Labour Party

Thaddeus Lynch

Fine Gael

John Ormonde

Fianna Fáil

Wexford

Lorcan Allen

Fianna Fáil

Brendan Corish

Labour Party

Anthony Esmonde

Fine Gael

James Ryan

Fianna Fáil

Wicklow

Paudge Brennan

Fianna Fáil

James Everett

Labour Party

Michael O'Higgins

Fine Gael

Date

Constituency

Gain

Loss

Note

1963-05-3030 May 1963

Dublin North–East

Fine Gael

Fine Gael

Paddy Belton (FG) holds the seat vacated by the death of his brother Jack Belton (FG)

1963-10-2727 October 1963

Dublin South–East

Labour Party

National Progressive Democrats

Noël Browne (NPD) disbands the National Progressive Democrats and joins the Labour Party

1963-10-2727 October 1963

Roscommon

Labour Party

National Progressive Democrats

Jack McQuillan (NPD) disbands the National Progressive Democrats and joins the Labour Party

1963-10-2727 October 1963

Dublin County

Labour Party

Independent

Seán Dunne (Ind) joins the Labour Party

1964-02-1919 February 1964

Cork Borough

Fianna Fáil

Fianna Fáil

Sheila Galvin (FF) wins the seat vacated by the death of her husband John Galvin (FF)

1964-02-1919 February 1964

Kildare

Fianna Fáil

Labour Party

Terence Boylan (FF) wins the seat vacated by the death of William Norton (Lab)

1964-07-088 July 1964

Roscommon

Fine Gael

Fine Gael

Joan Burke (FG) holds the seat vacated by the death of her husband James Burke (FG)

1964-12-033 December 1964

Galway East

Fine Gael

Clann na Talmhan

John Donnellan (FG) wins the seat vacated by the death of his father Michael Donnellan (CnaT)

1965-03-1010 March 1965

Cork Mid

Labour Party

Labour Party

Eileen Desmond (Lab) holds the seat vacated by the death of her husband Dan Desmond (Lab)

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